The Race to Mine the Moon Is Taking Off. Here's What's Coming.
NASA's quest to explore deep space is energizing a space mining boom on the Moon.
January 25, 2020
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‘I found myself skipping class to be in the field, out collecting new data’
Dr Kamini Singha of the Colorado School of Mines currently finds herself in University College Cork, where she is trying to better understand the water beneath our feet.
January 22, 2020
Anica Wong
Manager of Constituent Communications, Colorado School of Mines Foundation
Scientists Fight Back Against Toxic ‘Forever’ Chemicals
“I have actually started to feel a little bit of hope,” says Chris Higgins, an environmental engineer at the Colorado School of Mines and a PFAS expert. “We’re getting some technologies that seem to be working.”
January 15, 2020
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U.S. Sees Most Available Oil And Natural Gas In History
Peter Maniloff, an assistant professor of economics at the Colorado School of Mines, says more reserves may mean more employment in oil and gas states, but, “There’s the saying that the stone age didn’t end because they ran out of stones. ..."
January 14, 2020
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A new Wheat Ridge plant will process rare earths, which aren’t so rare but are critical for iPhones and electric cars
“The rare earths are like the vitamins of the manufacturing industry,” said Corby Anderson, the Harrison Western Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, which is not directly involved in the ....
January 12, 2020
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The World’s Next Energy Bonanza
Even more than fracking, tapping oceanic methane hydrates could soon upend the global energy landscape, writes Morgan Bazilian of the Payne Institute for Public Policy and others.
January 9, 2020
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The Drones That Track Down Buried Warheads
“Geophysical methods can be very effective for UXO detection,” says Andrei Swidinsky, a geophysicist at Colorado School of Mines who wasn’t involved in the study. “Several methods operate in principles similar to airport metal detectors, and as such ....
January 6, 2020
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We found a chemical in tap water near an air base after SC failed to test for pollutants
Christopher Higgins, an environmental engineering professor with the Colorado School of Mines, was not surprised by the newspaper’s findings.
January 4, 2020
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School of Mines band taking a Roman holiday
This week, the Colorado School of Mines ’ marching band is taking its act out of the country for only the second time in its 108-year history.